No. There should be no need to rebuild myth John
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mythtv-users- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Vanden Heuvel > Sent: 09 July 2005 03:32 > To: Discussion about mythtv > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Black screen whenusing"pvr-350decoder/tv- > out"option > > is it necessary to rebuild mythtv AFTER updating the ivtv drivers? > > -dvh > > John Harvey wrote: > > >Ok. I would go to the latest driver version > >Dont worry about 7127 parameters. You probably don't need any options to > >ivtv though I do use ivtv_std=2 to force PAL but I believe that should > work > >now. > >Start from that and see what happens. > >I may well look at the 7127 options because I have had a few people try > and > >fail to get a test image working. > > > >John > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mythtv-users- > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Oscar Curero > >>Sent: 07 July 2005 01:36 > >>To: [email protected] > >>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Black screen whenusing"pvr-350decoder/tv- > >>out"option > >> > >>El Miércoles, 6 de Julio de 2005 19:06, escribió: > >> > >> > >>>For some reason this bounced sending it to myth mailing list so I'm > >>> > >>> > >>sending > >> > >> > >>>it direct. > >>>John > >>> > >>>Ok I'm confused. IVTV doesn't appear to return EINVAL from that write > >>> > >>> > >>call. > >> > >> > >>>Anyway 0.3.2c is fairly old I would suggest that we start by upgrading > >>> > >>> > >>to > >> > >> > >>>the latest version. Then lets try to get things working slowly. > >>> > >>> > >>Ahh.. ¿EINVAL? Let me start from the begining: > >> > >>The ivtv drivers have a kernel module called "saa7127". This module has > >>parameters, like "test_image", "output_enable", "output_select"... I was > >>following TVout howto. But I couldn't get any parameter to work. I > always > >>had > >>the same error: > >> > >>saa7127: unsupported module, tainting kernel. > >>saa7127: Unknown parameter `test-image' > >>saa7127: Ignoring new-style parameters in presence of obsolete ones > >>load_module: err 0xfffffffe (dont worry) > >> > >>So, I edited the source code of the saa7127.c and did the modfications > by > >>hand. For example: > >> > >>static int debug = 1; > >>static int test_image =0; > >> > >>A changed to: > >> > >>static int debug = 1; > >>static int test_image = 1; > >> > >>I did the same for the standar type (ntsc or pal): > >> > >>static int saa7127_set_norm(struct i2c_client *client) > >>{ > >> struct saa7127 *encoder = (struct saa7127 > >>*)i2c_get_clientdata(client); > >> const struct i2c_reg_value *inittab; > >> > >> switch (encoder->norm) { > >> case SAA7127_VIDEO_NORM_NTSC: > >> dprintk(1, "Selecting NTSC video Standard\n"); > >> inittab = saa7127_init_config_ntsc; > >> encoder->reg_61 = SAA7127_NTSC_DAC_CONTROL; > >> break; > >> case SAA7127_VIDEO_NORM_PAL: > >> dprintk(1, "Selecting PAL video Standard\n"); > >> inittab = saa7127_init_config_pal; > >> encoder->reg_61 = SAA7127_PAL_DAC_CONTROL; > >> break; > >> default: > >> return -EINVAL; > >> } > >> > >> /* Write Table */ > >> saa7127_write_inittab(client, inittab); > >> return 0; > >>} > >> > >>A changed to: > >> > >>static int saa7127_set_norm(struct i2c_client *client) > >>{ > >> struct saa7127 *encoder = (struct saa7127 > >>*)i2c_get_clientdata(client); > >> const struct i2c_reg_value *inittab; > >> > >> switch (encoder->norm) { > >> case SAA7127_VIDEO_NORM_NTSC: > >> dprintk(1, "Selecting PAL video Standard\n"); > >> inittab = saa7127_init_config_pal; > >> encoder->reg_61 = SAA7127_PAL_DAC_CONTROL; > >> break; > >> case SAA7127_VIDEO_NORM_PAL: > >> dprintk(1, "Selecting PAL video Standard\n"); > >> inittab = saa7127_init_config_pal; > >> encoder->reg_61 = SAA7127_PAL_DAC_CONTROL; > >> break; > >> default: > >> return -EINVAL; <----------------------------OOPS > >> } > >> > >> /* Write Table */ > >> saa7127_write_inittab(client, inittab); > >> return 0; > >>} > >> > >>So it always use PAL (whatever the standard is). Mythtv does something > >>that > >>return EINVAL when calling this function. > >> > >>I will email the ivtv list to see if they can fix the parmeters on the > >>saa7127 > >>module. > >> > >>Thanks, > >>-- > >>Oscar Curero - Linux user: 306877 > >>-- GPG keyID: 0xE0EA0B24 -- > >> > >> > > > >_______________________________________________ > >mythtv-users mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
